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rattlebox
(encz) | rattlebox, n: |
Rattlebox
(gcide) | Rattlebox \Rat"tle*box`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*b[o^]ks`), n.
1. A toy that makes a rattling sound; a rattle.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.)
(a) An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds
of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod.
(b) Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of
yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded
pods.
[1913 Webster] |
rattlebox
(wn) | rattlebox
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having
inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for
pasture and green-manure crops [syn: crotalaria,
rattlebox] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Rattlebox
(gcide) | Rattlebox \Rat"tle*box`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*b[o^]ks`), n.
1. A toy that makes a rattling sound; a rattle.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.)
(a) An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds
of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod.
(b) Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of
yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded
pods.
[1913 Webster] |
american rattlebox
(wn) | American rattlebox
n 1: tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in
which the ripe seeds rattle [syn: American rattlebox,
Crotalaria sagitallis] |
indian rattlebox
(wn) | Indian rattlebox
n 1: erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated
pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India [syn: {Indian
rattlebox}, Crotalaria spectabilis] |
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